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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PROVERBS IN RHYME, by ALICE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Time makes us eagle-eyed Last Line: Once only while we live. Subject(s): Conduct Of Life | |||
TIME makes us eagle-eyed: Our fantasies befriend us in our youth, And build the shadowy tents wherein we hide Out of the glare of truth. Make no haste to despise The proud of spirit: ofttimes pride but is An armor worn to shield from insolent eyes Our human weaknesses. Be slow to blame his course Or name him coward who disdains to fight: Courage is just a blind impelling force, And often wrong as right. Condemn not her whose hours Are not all given to spinning nor to care: Has not God planted every path with flowers Whose end is to be fair? Think not that he is cold Who runneth not your proffered hand to touch: On feeling's heights 't is wise the step to hold From trembling overmuch; And though its household sweets Affection may through daily channels give, The heart is chary, and ecstatic beats Once only while we live. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD by MATTHEA HARVEY SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN MY LIFE: YET WE INSIST THAT LIFE IS FULL OF HAPPY CHANCE by LYN HEJINIAN CHAPTER HEADING by ERNEST HEMINGWAY PUNK HALF PANTHER by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA A CERTAIN MAN by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA GREEN-STRIPED MELONS by JANE HIRSHFIELD LIKE THE SMALL HOLE BY THE PATH-SIDE SOMETHING LIVES IN by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SPINSTER'S STINT by ALICE CARY |
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